Mattea Gernentz
@thewhimsicalowl.bsky.social
art curator • poet fascinated by memory & landscape • PhD student researching Impressionism & women artists in parks & gardens 🪷 (she/her)
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Hello, friends! So thrilled to connect with you. For anyone new, I am a poet and art curator. I’m currently living out my dream: PhD research on women Impressionists (Berthe Morisot! Eva Gonzalès! Marie Bracquemond!) and their relationship with parks and gardens at University of Glasgow via SGSAH. 🌱
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Performatively reading a book? Level up. I’m performatively writing a book
August 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Performatively reading a book? Level up. I’m performatively writing a book
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Peggy Guggenheim (born #onthisday) wearing a Schiaparelli dress in Kay Sage’s Paris apartment.
Photograph by Rogi André.
Photograph by Rogi André.
August 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Peggy Guggenheim (born #onthisday) wearing a Schiaparelli dress in Kay Sage’s Paris apartment.
Photograph by Rogi André.
Photograph by Rogi André.
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The gutted forest falls to ash;
Appalled by secret want, I rush
Appalled by secret want, I rush
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The gutted forest falls to ash;
Appalled by secret want, I rush
Appalled by secret want, I rush
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Some colour from the garden today 🌱
June 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Some colour from the garden today 🌱
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all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard
June 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard
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Toorop created a sparkling portrait of a woman on the threshold of a new century. Here we see Marie Jeanette de Lange. She was the chair of an association that championed hygienic, loose-fitting, natural clothing that allowed women greater freedom of movement.
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200475283
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200475283
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Toorop created a sparkling portrait of a woman on the threshold of a new century. Here we see Marie Jeanette de Lange. She was the chair of an association that championed hygienic, loose-fitting, natural clothing that allowed women greater freedom of movement.
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200475283
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200475283
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Apollinaire in Alice Notley’s translation 💔
May 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Apollinaire in Alice Notley’s translation 💔
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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after a long stint as a computer science major, I switched to art & never looked back. I got my bfa in photo & FRANCESCA WOODMAN became my fav photographer. The ALBERTINA Museum in Austria has her work on view through July 6th!
www.albertina.at/en/exhibitio...
woodmanfoundation.org/francesca/wo...
www.albertina.at/en/exhibitio...
woodmanfoundation.org/francesca/wo...
May 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
after a long stint as a computer science major, I switched to art & never looked back. I got my bfa in photo & FRANCESCA WOODMAN became my fav photographer. The ALBERTINA Museum in Austria has her work on view through July 6th!
www.albertina.at/en/exhibitio...
woodmanfoundation.org/francesca/wo...
www.albertina.at/en/exhibitio...
woodmanfoundation.org/francesca/wo...
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congratulations to Marie Howe on the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!! i’m thinking again of this moment from an interview—
Sometimes I open a book that’s so beautiful I have to shut it because it hurts me. I can’t stand it. It’s like, Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! This is going to drive me into my own heart.
Sometimes I open a book that’s so beautiful I have to shut it because it hurts me. I can’t stand it. It’s like, Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! This is going to drive me into my own heart.
May 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
congratulations to Marie Howe on the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!! i’m thinking again of this moment from an interview—
Sometimes I open a book that’s so beautiful I have to shut it because it hurts me. I can’t stand it. It’s like, Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! This is going to drive me into my own heart.
Sometimes I open a book that’s so beautiful I have to shut it because it hurts me. I can’t stand it. It’s like, Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! This is going to drive me into my own heart.
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Take a moment to explore these natural details in all their glory. 🌱🐇🐌
April 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Take a moment to explore these natural details in all their glory. 🌱🐇🐌
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Every morning I read the news and something else reminds me of Robert Musil saying in 1930s Germany that one of the defining aspects of fascism was the mockery of compassion
April 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Every morning I read the news and something else reminds me of Robert Musil saying in 1930s Germany that one of the defining aspects of fascism was the mockery of compassion
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The Paradise Buckle, 1905 by Edith Dawson (and partner Nelson), leading Arts and Crafts artist and jeweler #womensart
April 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Paradise Buckle, 1905 by Edith Dawson (and partner Nelson), leading Arts and Crafts artist and jeweler #womensart
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I don’t need to go into space, it’s none of my business. I’m a big Earth guy, I can’t get enough of her work. Daffodils! Are you kidding me? Bison! Miraculous. Sending a slinky down the stairs? Incredible. Mariachi music? Yes, please.
April 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don’t need to go into space, it’s none of my business. I’m a big Earth guy, I can’t get enough of her work. Daffodils! Are you kidding me? Bison! Miraculous. Sending a slinky down the stairs? Incredible. Mariachi music? Yes, please.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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i want more art. i want more conversation, constellations. i want more time with trees. i want more of my own heart. more pasta shapes! and the shapes of song! i want paintings so huge we have to build a new space. i want tiny paintings only baby pigeons can properly appreciate
April 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
i want more art. i want more conversation, constellations. i want more time with trees. i want more of my own heart. more pasta shapes! and the shapes of song! i want paintings so huge we have to build a new space. i want tiny paintings only baby pigeons can properly appreciate
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, David Simon Contemporary has invited 12 artists to respond to the novel. The exhibition is on in London (Mayfair) from 3-8 June & Somerset (Castle Cary) from 14 June - 12 July. www.davidsimoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/...
FOR THERE SHE WAS | 3 June - 12 July 2025 - Overview
LONDON: 3 – 8 June 2025 SOMERSET: 14 June – 12 July 2025 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, David Simon Contemporary has invited twelve contemporary...
www.davidsimoncontemporary.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, David Simon Contemporary has invited 12 artists to respond to the novel. The exhibition is on in London (Mayfair) from 3-8 June & Somerset (Castle Cary) from 14 June - 12 July. www.davidsimoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/...
This is such a wonderful opportunity! Being a Young Makar enabled me to receive invaluable mentorship and writing feedback, share my work for the first time at festivals around Scotland, and connect with brilliant emerging poets I still interact with today. So grateful. Dear poets, apply! 💚
Our young makars' mentoring programme for poets living in Scotland aged 16 to 25 years is open for applications.
There is a £500 bursary for 3 sessions.
We welcome applications from poets working in Scottish Gaelic, Scots & the Spoken Word form.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scotlands-ne...
There is a £500 bursary for 3 sessions.
We welcome applications from poets working in Scottish Gaelic, Scots & the Spoken Word form.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scotlands-ne...
Scotland's Next Generation Young Makars 2025
The poetry library seeks submissions for its young makars' mentoring scheme.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
April 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is such a wonderful opportunity! Being a Young Makar enabled me to receive invaluable mentorship and writing feedback, share my work for the first time at festivals around Scotland, and connect with brilliant emerging poets I still interact with today. So grateful. Dear poets, apply! 💚
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When I was lecturing today on books of hours as a book produced in large quantities, a student (understandably!) said she thought most people were illiterate in medieval Europe, so it’s not my fault we got behind because I had 20 minutes of Things to Say.
April 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
When I was lecturing today on books of hours as a book produced in large quantities, a student (understandably!) said she thought most people were illiterate in medieval Europe, so it’s not my fault we got behind because I had 20 minutes of Things to Say.
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For National Garden Day, take a read of our Women’s History Magazine special issue on gardening.
womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...
womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...
Women’s History Summer 2019 – Special Issue: Gardening
Special Issue: Gardening The Summer 2019 special gardening issue of Women’s History is available now. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below. Conte…
womenshistorynetwork.org
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For National Garden Day, take a read of our Women’s History Magazine special issue on gardening.
womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...
womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...
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evenings are for kisses and reading maybe 2 poems out loud and forgetting you made a pot of tea and lying all the way down
April 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
evenings are for kisses and reading maybe 2 poems out loud and forgetting you made a pot of tea and lying all the way down
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Some #1930s whimsy, consisting of broad multi coloured stripes and a puffy bustle style arrangement at the back of the otherwise straight silhouette. It is Schiaparelli, deploying some playful details @philamuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
April 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Some #1930s whimsy, consisting of broad multi coloured stripes and a puffy bustle style arrangement at the back of the otherwise straight silhouette. It is Schiaparelli, deploying some playful details @philamuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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There is in fact no way to make a case for a moral or political obligation to have children that does not degrade the status and dignity of women by claiming ownership their bodies as instruments for collective use.
There has never been and never will be a birthrate induced shortage of human beings on this planet. There are many reasons one might want children, as I do. It is simply not the case that anyone in particular has a responsibility to consider having children to perpetuate the existence of humanity.
April 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There is in fact no way to make a case for a moral or political obligation to have children that does not degrade the status and dignity of women by claiming ownership their bodies as instruments for collective use.
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If this regime is dragging us back to the 1800s they should have to bring back the good stuff too. I want investment in high-speed railways. I want federal buildings redone in Art Nouveau. I want streets clogged with flâneurs walking tortoises on leashes. I want the de-extinction of Oscar Wilde
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If this regime is dragging us back to the 1800s they should have to bring back the good stuff too. I want investment in high-speed railways. I want federal buildings redone in Art Nouveau. I want streets clogged with flâneurs walking tortoises on leashes. I want the de-extinction of Oscar Wilde